Daniel Romano
Mosey (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Mosey (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
A two-DVD set featuring two documentaries about U2, one focusing on an analysis of the album Achtung Baby and the other on the band’s first two albums of the 2000s.
Acolytes David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker may have a vested interest in maintaining the Walker mythos, but No Regrets is under no such obligation.
There’s only one man whose swagger can quiet a crowd of 600,000 people on the cusp of rioting. His name is Leonard Cohen , and once again the poet/musician surfaces from images of the past.
Too young to be fully cognizant of the more embarrassing excesses of Gothic music over the past twenty years, the young Turks of NYC’s own Blacklist are, perhaps unwittingly, the best hope of redeeming Goth-metal. Fresh from a European tour complete with horned hotel antics, Blacklist frontman and provocateur Josh Strawn told Ink 19 all about how he learned to stop worrying and love Motorhead and Scott Walker equally.
Matthew Moyer finds himself in the same concert hall as Leonard Cohen , holy clown, dour prophet, borscht belt crooner, and true legend – in Tampa, Florida, no less.
Live in London (Sony). Review by Jessica Whittington.
Two Suns (Astralwerks). Review by Jen Cray.
Everything/Everything (Tomlab). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Brand New Pants (Crunchy Frog). Review by Matthew Moyer.
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz (Acuarela). Review by Aaron Shaul.
For Emma, Forever Ago (JagJaguar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Revolution (Self-released). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Cole’s Corner (Mute). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Oh You’re So Silent Jens (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
A dangerously high-quality DVD release of a Bad Seeds gig at Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France, 8th June 2001… Matthew Moyer is transported and somehow manages to get in a review from the other side.
Cause and Effect (Projekt Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (Alien8 Recordings). Review by Matthew Moyer.
I’ll Take It (Arena Rock). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Estranged (Heyday). Review by Matthew Moyer.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.